Former Marion police officer Jeffrey Porter Sr. has founded the Unexplained Investigations group, which is dedicated to finding out the truth about the lights the Brown Mountain Lights off N.C. Highway 181 and investigating reported Sasquatch (Bigfoot) sightings off N.C. Highway 105 and N.C. Highway 126.

As one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, Adam Davies has pursued the death worm of Mongolia and the Mokele-mbembe lake monster of Congo, the Sasquatch and the Yeti. The British explorer spoke to us about the need to make his passion more respectable.

Having read about the Chinese wildman, or yeren, for years, I was nothing less than thrilled to have the opportunity to travel to that part of the world for an expedition. Our investigations would be centered in Hubei province, specifically the Shennongjia Forest District, one of several “hot spots” in China for yeren sightings.